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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A Look In

Well this blog is kind of like a follow up of the previous blog about the Vikings vs. Cowboys playoff game this Sunday. I believe that this game will be anything from the biggest playoff game this year. Just think about. I will give you some time to think. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Got your thoughts together. Ok, good because here it is. Here is a game that has about 15 Pro Bowlers in it. This is just two teams we are talking about. The Vikings have I believe 9 and the Cowboys with 6. The Vikings actually have the most of all teams in the NFL! But anyway you always hear sports people say that the big time players have to come up with big time plays. If this was to happen the Vikings you could say should win because they have more big time players= Pro Bowlers in this comparison. Although they also say that the non big time players have to come up with big plays. This could be shown in the Cardinals vs. Packers game. Boldin had to sit in the sidelines, but that did not mean that his backup did not have a great game. In fact he played the best of his career in the game. That does not mean that the Cardinals won the game just by his individual performance, but you can sure bet that it helped. Back to the point I was making if this were true then the Cowboys could win this game. Who knows?

There are just so many variables in this game. For example how each team has been playing, the home field advantage, and the strengths and weaknesses. Well it is obvious that the Vikings have the home field advantage. The Metrodome you know will be explosive when the Vikings defense is on the field and dead silent when the offense is on the field. So the home field advantage will probably help the Vikings. Back to how each has been playing the advantage is kind of to the Cowboys. They beat the Saints and then beat the Eagles twice to make it into the playoffs and then play in this game. Their defense has been playing very well and shut down the Eagles offense. This is mostly due to their defensive line, like Ware. Their offense has also been playing with confidence too. The Vikings need to have their offensive line block well and either allow Peterson to run through the holes or create a passing ally for Farve. One way that the Cowboys have been winning is by creating turnovers. The Vikings need to stop this trend, and get their own turnovers in the game. If the Vikings can establish a run game this will help rest their defense and just make their offense that much harder to stop. The special teams for the Vikings also need to play well because in the past this is an area where it has hurt the Vikings. So I guess if you want a summary of what the Vikings need to do to win this game it just comes down to the basics of the game. Also with a little bit of experience and luck the Vikings should be able to win this game in my opinion. It would be great for the Vikings program to make it to the NFC Championship or farther, but I am not going to say anything because I do not want to jinx anything at all. Go Vikings! Stop the Cowboys in their boots and make them go back to Texas.